BRITAIN
We must apologise to our readers for the amazing poem which appeared on Tuesday. Truth to tell, economy had induced our contributor to use both sides of the small sheet on which he wrote, and the significant ending somehow was missed altogether. However, here is the piece in its entirety: Please be kind to Britain, She isn’t very strong. Her navy’s inefficient. Her army’s all gone wrong. Her A.R.P. is useless, Her airforce far too small, Her people so degenerate She’s no morale at all. She doesn’t want to fight you She’s so convinced you’d win. She’ll let you take her Empire If it will save her skin. She’s old, decayed and senile, And you have strength and youth.. So please be kind to Britain Don’t keep abusing Britain Be nice to poor, old Britain Or you may learn the truth. “Punch”, February, 1939.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 13235, 10 January 1941, Page 4
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